They Shot Phar Lap, Didn't They?

They Shot Phar Lap, Didn't They?
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Publisher : Pier 9
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 1742660339
ISBN-13 : 9781742660332
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Book Synopsis They Shot Phar Lap, Didn't They? by : Geoff Armstrong

Download or read book They Shot Phar Lap, Didn't They? written by Geoff Armstrong and published by Pier 9. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phar Lap's assault on the 1930 Melbourne Cup generated unprecedented excitement across Australia. For the newspapers, the twin stories of sporting greatness and seedy corruption were a sensational cocktail. Readers lapped it up, while for the poor punters, suffering during the Great Depression, a Phar Lap triumph was their best hope of turning one quid into two. This is the story of four days in November that became at the same time the most famous and infamous in Cup history.


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